Author: Ronke Luke-Boone
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 144022028X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Here's a whole world of exciting designs to blend with your fashions and home decor items! Cultural Accents features accessories decorated with motifs inspired from cultures around the globe, including popular crafting and sewing techniques. You'll learn how to stencil, stamp, sew, and embroider the unique symbols from the Hopi, Aztec, and Chinese, among many more cultures. Author Ronke Luke-Boone also gives the fascinating background about the evolution of these designs and their influences today in modern fashion. • Over 60 fun projects to make, including fashions and home decor items • Clear, easy step-by-step direction; patterns included • Great tips on how to create your own stamps and stencils
Teach Yourself Henna Tattoo
Author: Brenda Abdoyan
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607654180
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Color your world with the fabulous art of henna tattoo with this book of patterns and instructions for the body and even home decor objects! Learn how to combine the 5 basic henna shapes into a variety of exotic mendhi designs.
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607654180
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Color your world with the fabulous art of henna tattoo with this book of patterns and instructions for the body and even home decor objects! Learn how to combine the 5 basic henna shapes into a variety of exotic mendhi designs.
Mehndi Designs
Author: Marty Noble
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486438600
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Scores of lovely designs, adapted from authentic images used in the ancient art of henna body painting, incorporate scores of lovely patterns. Used to cover hands, forearms, and feet during celebrations, these 166 black-and-white designs include fine line, lacy, and paisley motifs, as well as assorted floral borders, heart-shaped insets, and repeat patterns.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486438600
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Scores of lovely designs, adapted from authentic images used in the ancient art of henna body painting, incorporate scores of lovely patterns. Used to cover hands, forearms, and feet during celebrations, these 166 black-and-white designs include fine line, lacy, and paisley motifs, as well as assorted floral borders, heart-shaped insets, and repeat patterns.
Cultural Accents
Author: Ronke Luke-Boone
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 144022028X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Here's a whole world of exciting designs to blend with your fashions and home decor items! Cultural Accents features accessories decorated with motifs inspired from cultures around the globe, including popular crafting and sewing techniques. You'll learn how to stencil, stamp, sew, and embroider the unique symbols from the Hopi, Aztec, and Chinese, among many more cultures. Author Ronke Luke-Boone also gives the fascinating background about the evolution of these designs and their influences today in modern fashion. • Over 60 fun projects to make, including fashions and home decor items • Clear, easy step-by-step direction; patterns included • Great tips on how to create your own stamps and stencils
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 144022028X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Here's a whole world of exciting designs to blend with your fashions and home decor items! Cultural Accents features accessories decorated with motifs inspired from cultures around the globe, including popular crafting and sewing techniques. You'll learn how to stencil, stamp, sew, and embroider the unique symbols from the Hopi, Aztec, and Chinese, among many more cultures. Author Ronke Luke-Boone also gives the fascinating background about the evolution of these designs and their influences today in modern fashion. • Over 60 fun projects to make, including fashions and home decor items • Clear, easy step-by-step direction; patterns included • Great tips on how to create your own stamps and stencils
BodyArt Therapy
Author: Rev. Julia Lawrence
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304521397
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
BodyArt Therapy is the use of BodyArt with the goal of causing a positive change physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually through the application of art on the body in accordance with bodywork philosophy, knowledge, assessment, and skill.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304521397
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
BodyArt Therapy is the use of BodyArt with the goal of causing a positive change physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually through the application of art on the body in accordance with bodywork philosophy, knowledge, assessment, and skill.
Henna Magic
Author: Philippa Faulks
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738728330
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
More than just a beautiful form of self-expression for millennia, the art of henna body decoration has been used by cultures around the world for magical protection, blessings, celebrations, luck, and love. In this unique book, Philippa Faulks guides you step by step in the creation of magical henna art. Learn to mix henna paste and apply your design, select powerful symbols and the best places for them on the body, and blend in oils and herbs to boost your magic's potency. You'll also find dozens of ready-made henna designs and spells for love, passion, friendship, healing, prosperity, and more, plus correspondences to help you craft your own spells. Includes illustrations and a full-color photo insert.
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738728330
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
More than just a beautiful form of self-expression for millennia, the art of henna body decoration has been used by cultures around the world for magical protection, blessings, celebrations, luck, and love. In this unique book, Philippa Faulks guides you step by step in the creation of magical henna art. Learn to mix henna paste and apply your design, select powerful symbols and the best places for them on the body, and blend in oils and herbs to boost your magic's potency. You'll also find dozens of ready-made henna designs and spells for love, passion, friendship, healing, prosperity, and more, plus correspondences to help you craft your own spells. Includes illustrations and a full-color photo insert.
Our Malaysia
Author:
Publisher: Areca Books
ISBN: 9789834247201
Category : Malaysia
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher: Areca Books
ISBN: 9789834247201
Category : Malaysia
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
A Garden in My Hands
Author: Meera Sriram
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0593427122
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
This touching picture book celebrates the custom of applying henna for special occasions through a mother and daughter who share family memories and stories. The sweet smell of henna, and stories we carry, fill us with pride of a faraway home. There's a wedding tomorrow! And one little girl sits patiently while her mother tenderly applies intricate, delicate henna designs on her hands. As she does, she shares family stories--about weddings, monsoons, and ancestors long gone. The little girl must be careful to protect her hands as the henna dries--one smudge could ruin a story! After a whole night of anticipation, when the flakes are washed away, what will they reveal? Lyrical text pairs with vibrant illustrations for this poignant picture book that blooms with heart, connects us to our roots, and sweetly reminds us of the the garden of love we curate with those closest to us.
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0593427122
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
This touching picture book celebrates the custom of applying henna for special occasions through a mother and daughter who share family memories and stories. The sweet smell of henna, and stories we carry, fill us with pride of a faraway home. There's a wedding tomorrow! And one little girl sits patiently while her mother tenderly applies intricate, delicate henna designs on her hands. As she does, she shares family stories--about weddings, monsoons, and ancestors long gone. The little girl must be careful to protect her hands as the henna dries--one smudge could ruin a story! After a whole night of anticipation, when the flakes are washed away, what will they reveal? Lyrical text pairs with vibrant illustrations for this poignant picture book that blooms with heart, connects us to our roots, and sweetly reminds us of the the garden of love we curate with those closest to us.
Art, Technology, and Language across the Middle East
Author: Greg Baldino
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1502623617
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Many Westerners are unaware of the diversity of language and art across the Middle East. Arabic dialects differ based on region and country, and many other Semitic and non-Semitic languages are spoken across the Middle East. Art and technology also develop based on distinct cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic influences. This book examines art, technology, and language on a per-country basis to show students the richness and diversity of culture across the region.
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1502623617
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Many Westerners are unaware of the diversity of language and art across the Middle East. Arabic dialects differ based on region and country, and many other Semitic and non-Semitic languages are spoken across the Middle East. Art and technology also develop based on distinct cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic influences. This book examines art, technology, and language on a per-country basis to show students the richness and diversity of culture across the region.
The Naked Woman
Author: Desmond Morris
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312338534
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Internationally bestselling author and world-famous human behaviorist Desmond Morris turns his attention to the female form, taking the reader on a guided tour of the female body from head to toe. Highlighting the evolutionary functions of various physiological traits, Morris's study explores the various forms of enhancement and constraint that human societies have developed in the quest for the perfect female form. This is very much vintage Desmond Morris, delivered in his trademark voice: direct, clear, focused, and communicating what is often complex detail in simple language. In THE NAKED WOMAN, Desmond builds on his unrivalled experience as an observer of the human animal while tackling one of his most fascinating and challenging subjects to date. -- Publisher description.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312338534
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Internationally bestselling author and world-famous human behaviorist Desmond Morris turns his attention to the female form, taking the reader on a guided tour of the female body from head to toe. Highlighting the evolutionary functions of various physiological traits, Morris's study explores the various forms of enhancement and constraint that human societies have developed in the quest for the perfect female form. This is very much vintage Desmond Morris, delivered in his trademark voice: direct, clear, focused, and communicating what is often complex detail in simple language. In THE NAKED WOMAN, Desmond builds on his unrivalled experience as an observer of the human animal while tackling one of his most fascinating and challenging subjects to date. -- Publisher description.
Social and Cultural Dimensions of Indian Indentured Labour and Its Diaspora
Author: Maurits S. Hassankhan
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351985906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
This book is the third publication originating from the conference Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour: Past, present and future, which was organised in June 2013, by the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research (IGSR), Anton de Kom University of Suriname. This book is divided into four sections. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351985906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
This book is the third publication originating from the conference Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour: Past, present and future, which was organised in June 2013, by the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research (IGSR), Anton de Kom University of Suriname. This book is divided into four sections. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka